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GRAND FINALS, OCTOBER 14-15th EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS

On Saturday October the 14th, the fifth and last qualification battle will take place. This last qualification is open for all skateboarders!! On Sunday the final battle will burst loose. Then the 25 best European skateboarders will get to jam in Europe’s finest, the Area51 MU-bowl, situated in Eindhoven in the south of the Netherlands.

SCHEDULE

Friday October 13th
All day preparation jamming.

Saturday October 14th, Last qualification
11:00 till 13:00hr practice, free jamming
13:00 till 15:00hr first runs and jams
16:00 till 17:00hr semi finals
17:00 till 17:30hr final jam
17:30 till 02:00hr free jamming, Live NICAD, DJ’s, Party

Sunday October 15th, Grand Finals
11:00 till 13:00hr practice
13:00 till 15:00hr first runs and jams
15:00 till 16:00hr quarter finals
16:00 till 17:00hr semi finals
17:00 till 17:30hr final jam
18:00 price ceremony and live act

Price money
Price money for the finals will be 5500 Euro total.
2500 first place, 1500 second place, 750 third, 500 fourth, 250 fifth.

Where is it?
Area51 skatepark, Strijp S, Beukenlaan 1000 and up, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Website: www.area51skatepark.nl .
> view a short movie of the bowl construction here!

For a large map, click here

How to get there?
Fly directly to Eindhoven airport, Ryanair lands there. You can also fly to Amsterdam (Schiphol) airport and catch the train to Eindhoven Central. It’s like a 1.5 hour drive.

Where to sleep?
> click here for all hotel information

Entrance & Registration
Invited and Qualified riders: free entrance and registration.
Registration qualification battle: 10,- euro, inscriptions before Saturday 13:00hr

Qualified riders
If you are already qualified for the finals you can’t join the last qualification on the Saturday. You can skate before and after the qualification contest on the Saturday, there will be time enough. On the Saturday BowlBash dinner for qualified riders starts at 20:00.

Non qualified riders
If you are not qualified yet, you can do that on Saturday October 14th. 5 riders will qualify for the finals then. Those 5 qualified riders are invited together with the 20 earlier qualified riders for the BowlBash dinner on Saturday evening 20:00 at the Area51 skatepark as well.

Questions? E-mail Alrik Swagerman